Track 1 of the single Last Order / Borrowed Satin · 2012
Hawker Centre, Last Order
“Shutters coming down, tables wiped bare, and one more bowl for the last customer. There's tenderness in the end of any working night.”
jazz ballad · travelogue ballad · late-night · 3:24
Lyrics
The stalls are pulling shutters down The tables wiped and bare One bulb is humming overhead And steam still in the air He ladles out the last warm bowl For a tired man in a tie He doesn't ask him what he owes He just says sit, sit by Last order, last order The kitchen's still warm Come sit by the steam Out of the night and the storm Last order, last order A bowl and a spoon There's room at this table Till the break of the moon His hands remember every dish Without a word or name His mother's fire in the pot The flavour is the same The cleaner hums an old love song The cat crosses the floor And strangers share a bench of steel And no one wants much more Last order, last order The kitchen's still warm Come sit by the steam Out of the night and the storm Last order, last order A bowl and a spoon There's room at this table Till the break of the moon Somewhere far the city sleeps Here the lamps burn low Every bowl is a little home For anyone who'll go Last order, last order The kitchen's still warm Come sit by the steam Out of the night and the storm Last order, last order A bowl and a spoon There's room at this table Till the break of the moon Last order Sit, sit by